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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by shadowgovt on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:13AM (#30286218)
What's the rule for aggregated data?

I track page view counts as simple sums, and it's not feasible to drop an individual user's page counts because I don't have enough info to identify a unique user. In fact, I put no cookies on the user's machine (but that means I have no way to identify a specific user for opt-out purposes for these aggregated page counts).

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Re:Use of Google Analytics declared illegal by French data p... by _notathrowaway on Thursday February 10, 2022 @09:36AM (#30286569)
I am not a legal advisor, but I believe the matter is settled by what you said:

> I don't have enough info to identify a unique user

If it is not user identifying information, then it should not be an issue.

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